West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-22
WHAT KILLS. sMEUlCaNS.

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prostration. It goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals al private institu-
tons for T. :yols patients are
crowded. THo average of life
In the United States is de-
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are so
frequent as scarcely TO excite
remark. The ma iorry of sui
cides, committed without APP
parent reasoa, OF underso-called
depression Of SPIRITS are
really prompted 10y nervous
prostration, w.ich is a fruitful
source Of in>aa.,y and crime
with all y-ir grief and horror.
These are startling.
They thrc..,eu the very life of
the nation. They assail the
springs of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhOod's
e+ranotb ord Ivon,an's useful.
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer Is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; omca-o'eSs and lawless
eating AMI drinking; the In
tense ment;land physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears ar,t struggles of pow
erty; the use OF narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle ut both ends
and fill the lunatic asylums
and the grave, MS.
The disr..~, l.ou which we
suffer and die :, n plain Eng
ish, Nocyts Dyspepsia, as it
is seated in tha Nerves and In
the organ IF Digestion, Assim-
ilation an Nutrition. Healthy
digestion lc:~ : :mpeded or des-
troyed, the Whole body, nerves
included, is literally starred;
even when there is no enact
alton to TEL the sad story.
Nervous prostratiOn sends
out its w|n,Ggs:-headache
In the ,aprning; n persistent
dull hceviavs5 or aching at the
base OF tic brain; wakcfulness;
loss cta2, giteand disgustwith
fool; los OF mental energy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; rrstlessness and anX-
iety without any assignable
reason; quotations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; OCCASIONAL giddiness;
palpitat:oa OF the heart; sal
iowness o; jhc skin; coated
tongrc anil gradual failure of
strength AZ. aa-o.tion.
The reu,jy Is q total aban-
donment Of the habits and Gus
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
use of N.atcr Ertroct Of Roots
(Seigrls SYRUP 10 cure the
mischief already done. This
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community Of Mt. Leb-
anon, \. V, is especially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the disOrdered stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, reStOr-
ing their tone and vigOr, pro-
NOTING the secretion of bile, ex-
polling waste matters from the
system, aud purifying the blood.
Upon the nervous system
Shaker Ertract(SeigelsSyrup
acts as q safe and wholesome
anodync without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
the nerves 10 regain their nat
ural tone and strength through
It's wonderful influence upon
the function of nutrition.
1t is safe to say more nerv-
Gus dyspeptics have been re-
stored by it from the depths
of misery to a fresh enjoyment
of life and labor than by any
or all other forms of treatment
combined.